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Topic: Hello all LTS!!! (Read 1664 times)

Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. Don't recognize a lot of the names anymore, but do still see a lot of old friends still here

I found the new Memorial Thread, and saw too many names I recognized. It's a huge reality check.

With all that's going on in the world right now, I've been thinking more and more about what is ahead. I'm already finding my Medical Care already being cut back (Medicare/Medical) and it's a really scary prospect when they are finding more 'pre-cancerous' lesions. Now they are watching me for diabetes (test show pre-diabetic with glucose intolerance), I've got neropathy now, the radiation to my lower organs has done more damage then they imagined (two more intestinal obstruction hospitalizations), they damaged my bladder along with the severe intestine frying... majorily anemic and now 30 lbs overweight and too tired to get off my butt and exercise. Viscous circle!!

Had to file a legal separation from my husband so we could afford my meds and medical costs. He's on diability now too, so things are really tight. He's negative, but has severe neropathy and arthritis.